Sweden and South Africa kicked off women's football at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Wednesday with the former triumphing 1-0 at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Later, Canada will take on Australia while hosts Brazil welcome China. Zimbabwe will face a difficult task as they look to get a result against Germany, and France will kick off their Olympic tournament against Colombia.
World champions USA will begin their bid for a fifth gold medal in Belo Horizonte against New Zealand.
Read on for a closer look at how the matches played out, but first, here are the results and the standings after Wednesday's action:
2016 Rio Olympics: Wednesday's Women's Football Results
| Home | Score | Away |
| Sweden | 1-0 | South Africa |
| Canada | - | Australia |
| Brazil | - | China PR |
| Zimbabwe | - | Germany |
| USA | - | New Zealand |
| France | - | Colombia |
Standings
| Pos | Group E | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | China PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pos | Group F | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Group G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Recap
Sweden set about attacking their opponents in the early stages, and just four minutes in, Sofia Jakobsson rattled the crossbar when the ball broke for her in the box.